AdvertisementBenedict Cumberbatch: Code Breaker Alan Turing Was A Puzzle HimselfNovember 21, 2014NPR StafffacebookEmailBenedict Cumberbatch plays British mathematician Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. "You're not asked to like the character," Cumberbatch says. "You're introduced to him, warts and all." (Black Bear Pictures)